i am not saying it's okay to cut a kid just for the heck of it... but what's so terrible with it or sending them to a half year/prep team?
in this town you can't just "sign up" for all star baseball. you sign up for a regular season of little league (where no one gets cut) and they scout/recruit/invite you to play all star which runs through the end of summer - fall. you can't just walk on an all star team because you're willing to pay. you still need the skills to be there. this scenario could easily be translated to cheerleading in the coming years. little league = all star prep, and they invite you on to an all star team.
just the other day i was talking to a woman i work with who just signed her daughters up for rec soccer. they don't "cut" anyone either. however, after evaluations, they placed one of her daughters on a training team. they don't play games in the league - instead while everyone else is playing games on saturdays, they meet, run drills for one hour, and then scrimmage each other for an hour. most of the kids on that training team are happy with it and are growing the skills to eventually be competitive. again, why is it so terrible if this is how cheer becomes?
i am with @Coach Tamara on this one. all star prep may very well become the future for new kids.